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-skating conga line. >> a brand new world record! >> this record was confirmed, not by the guinness book of world records but by dan roman, ceo of record setter.com. >> we would like to congratulate all the people that participated in setting a record for the longest roller-skating conga line. 197 people participated. >> record setter is, as dan explains it, like wikipedia to the guinness book of world records ensign cloe paid ya. >> i just thought there was an opportunity to take this idea of democratic, crowd source world records and document them with video and make a web company that the world could participate in. >> here is how it works. anyone can submit any record they want to the record-setter site. they take a video and send it in. the team at record setter confirms it is, indeed, a record. >> we love giving people the opportunity to dream up and create their own world records. we try to never subject ifl judge categories. we have open rules as long as your records are quantifiable and breakable and you have media evidence, we welcome it on to our site. >> which is why they have some re

on our plaza, on a very chilly day, as i recall. who else made the world guinness record book this year. an interesting list. i'm savannah guthrie alongside willie geist, in for matt. >> hope everyone had a nice christmas. it turns to some of those gift returns today. maybe the joy of the season diminished today as you head out to the mall. we'll try to make it easier for you as you head out to go shopping again today. >> portrayed by harrison ford, ben affleck. now the honor falls to chris pine on a new movie about the cia agent. >> we sit down with perhaps the biggest star in all of hollywood, leonardo dicaprio, talking about his new role in the quentin tarantino film "django unchained." >>> we showed you the gentleman who got the football tickets for christmas, was moved to tears. we'll talk to him in a couple of moments. we called him. he will be on the phone with us in a few moments. >>> we want to check in with erica hill who is in for natalie at the news desk. good morning again. >> good morning again. a powerful winter storm is making its way east today, one day after leaving a

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out the guinness book of world records for the most lights. and that national christmas tree with its 80,000 lights, it makes that look like charley brown's christmas tree. >> in is just over the top! >> it's sort of one of the first things we always do every year. it's just magical for me. >> reporter: it's a tradition that began 30 years ago by deacon dave. >> i wanted to do something for people of all faiths. >> reporter: he began with setting up a few lights around his livermore home. >> probably the buildings were this big, and it was a little miniature elf village along one side of the driveway. >> reporter: the display attracts thousands of people every year, many of them children who are mesmerized by the display. >> it's more spiritual than religious, perhaps. >> reporter: what do the neighbors think? >> i think it's fabulous. >> reporter: she has lived across the street from his display since 1989. >> a little tough to compete with the deacon. we don't even try. >> i got to ask you. what's your peing peing pg&e bill? >> i don't tell anyone. i can guarantee you , i am sitt

as hd tvs top displays in the u.s. it beat out the guinness record book holder for most lights. >> this is over the top. >> reporter: for the many who come here it isn't christmas until they see this. >> it's sort of one of the first things we do every year. magical for me. >> reporter: it's a tradition that began 30 years ago. >> i wanted to do something for people of all faiths. >> reporter: he began with setting up a few lights around his home. >> probably the buildings were this big and it was a little miniature elf village along one side of the driveway. pushing at maybe 2000 nights. today 345,300. >> reporter: many children who are mesmerized. >> more spiritual than religious, programs. but definitely. >> reporter: what do the neighbors think? >> i think it's fabulous. >> reporter: she's lived across the street since 1989. she puts up a display of her own. >> we don't even try. we just do what we do. >> reporter: i got to ask you. whatst your pg&e bill. >> i can guarantee you i'm sitting down when i open the bill. however if anyone wants to pay my bill i'll be happy to pa

transformed publishing and here's why. he holds the guinness record for the most number one "new york times" bestsellers of any author ever. in 2011 it was estimated that one in four of all hardcover suspense thriller novels sold with the bad mr. patterson. selling over 300 billion copies of his books worldwide, that's 300 million copies. he's also the the first other to achieve 5 million e-book sales and by now has probably hit in william as we sit in this room. what is impressive about all of this though is that the successes and based solely on a similar site the ever popular alice crossed in the women's murder club at michael bennet series. he's also the current best-selling author and and a young adult and middle grade categories. it's not just about his success either. he's won the coveted edgar award, the bca mystery guild ruler of the year award from an internist thriller of the year award from the reader's digest readers choice award and the children's choice but councils children's choice award. i got through that. it has been said of james patterson and his work, no writer has ev

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the stadium 28,000 people and set a world record. certified as the biggest, audience. by "guinness book of world records." john: thank you. the best places i have found to spend my charity dollars. to spend my charity dollars. and your questions for our this family used capital one venture miles to come home for the holidays. that's double miles you can actually use... sadly, their brother's white christmas just got "blacked out." [ brother ] but it's the family party! really jingles your bells, doesn't it? my gift to you! the capital one venture card! for any flight, any time! that's double miles you can actually use! how illuminating. what's in your wallet? let me guess, am on the naughty list again? ho ho ho! [applause] john: we are back with your questions. list of common people to help people tried to the smart. year and broke loose says make money do not let them guilty you out. and monday from honor flight. >> would it aligned with the ayn rand philosophy to donate to a charity that alliance with your own self-interest? >> absolutely. ayn rand gave to charity but gave to causes s

. >>> it's now official, guinness world records confirmed a 115-year-old japanese man is the world's oldest living person. not only that, he is also the oldest man in history. he lives in kyoto prefecture, western japan. he reached the age of 115 years and 253 days on friday. he was born in april 1887. he worked at the post office and after he retired took up farming. he has 14 children, 25 great grandchildren and 13 great-great grandchildren. >> thank you very much. you are very kind. he was hospitalized about two weeks ago but is recovering. on wednesday he expressed his gratitude both in japanese and english when he was given a bouquet of flowers at the hospital. we'll be back in 30 minutes with more news, i'm gene otani, thanks very much for joining us. have a great day wherever you are and happy holidays.

it a retirement, says he'll still play as an amateur. >>> it's now official, guinness world records has confirmed that a 115-year-old japanese man is the world's oldest living person. not only that he's also the oldest man in history. he lives in kyoto prefecture, western japan. he reached the age of 115 years and 253 days on friday. he was born in april 1897. he worked at a post office for his whole career. after he retired he took up farming. he has 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren. he was hospitalized about two weeks ago but is recovering. on wednesday he expressed his gratitude both in japanese and english when he was given a bouquet of flowers at the hospital. >>> another winter storm is hitting the southern u.s. >> we're watching this next storm come through. this is on the wake of the powerful storm that went through all week basically. that one pushing off through new england. bringing flurries there. then this one moving across the lower mississippi river valley. this is bringing rain showers here. it will start to change over to snow as it works

's tallest. bella. the guinness book of world records crown this great game the tallest living female dog in the world. she weighs 170 pounds and stands just over 3 feet tall when on all fours. despite her new fame, she is taking it easy after earning four obedience titles. steve comes back [ male announcer ] this commercial is not about getting fios it's about getting fios. that moment after you finally got it that you actually get it. when you see the difference 100% fiber optics makes and you say "woah we are not on cable anymore." when online videos aren't herky jerky, you get it. or when a movie downloads in two minutes, you get it. last chance to get fios for just $79.99 a month for two years with a two-year agreement. plus $300 0 back. go to got2getfios.com today for america's fastest, most reliable internet -- call the verizon center verizon fios. for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >> we just introduce you to the largest dog and now to the smaller end of the spectrum. oscar, from tucson, arizona,

to guinness book of world records she is the world's tallest living female dog. bella is in arizona weighing 170 pounds and she eats four cups of food every day. wow. she is standing on all fours she is over 4 feet tall and her owners say they were inspired to put her in the running for the title after -- matching shirts there you go. he was the former record holder for the tallest dog ever four cups of food and bella is a big one. >> we have dogs and i he don't think that our -- and don't think our dog's weight combined with come close to bella. >> i have a beagel this big. the paws are bigger than my dog. >> oscar is like a paperweight. >> dogs love smell. >> no mine does not. >> mine is obsessed with snow. >> you open the door at crowson plantation and dog says you've got to be kidding. >> carry me. yeah. you know negotiation is on the way, good for dogs. not good for us because we will be working we are here saturday morning so you know working for you. let's go outside and look at where's the storm down over the tennessee valley a few clouds this morning. and again we will be dealing wi

guinness world record. his achievement? giving the world's coldest concert. charlie simpson undertook the challenge in the remote russian village of oymyakon. the siberian town is the coldest permanently inhabited place on earth. ♪ welcome to my >> with temperatures near minus 30 degrees celsius, simpson's guitar strings froze, but he managed to play for 15 minutes. a small audience of local women gathered to witness the feat. >> after the second solo i nearly -- i thought about stopping because my fingers -- one of the most painful experiences in my life. i just kind of pushed on after that, but it was incredibly painful. >> british media are praising simpson as the world's coolest singer. >>> a typhoon is heading towards the philippines. rachel ferguson has the latest in weather. rachel? >> hi there, yes, indeed. bopha left destruction in palau, now it's heading to the philippines where it's expected to make landfall on tuesday morning as a typhoon. so maintaining strength right now. in fact, the winds right now are sustained at 180 kilometers per hour with gusts exceeding 250 kil

. a woman in england holds the guinness world record for using the largest knitting needles. they're more than 10 feet long. these look much more manageable. here's another technique that i'll try much later -- knitting with four needles at one time. >> and they're for doing something in the round that's a little smaller. >> to help figure out what to knit, you can choose from hundreds of free patterns at online sites like lionbrandyarn.com. there are a lot of types of yarns, but if you're just starting, what types of yarn should you look for? >> you want to look for a smooth fiber. also a light color, because you want to be able to see your stitches, and sometimes, with black or really deep purple, even though you might love that color, it can be really hard to see. another thing you want to look for is a solid color. and the last thing to consider is what's called the weight of the yarn, which is the thickness. so, a nice medium-weight yarn which uses needle sizes from 9 to 11 is a perfect start. >> i think i'm getting the hang of this. knitting takes patience and concentration, but the

ministers. the people at guinness world records officially recognized kimura as the world's oldest living person. he succeeded the title from a woman who died monday in the u.s. she was born 15 days before kimura in 1897. kimura lives in kyoto in western japan. he worked at a post office until he was 65, and he farmed until he was . kimura will break the all-time record for male longevity on december 28th. >>> it's time now to take a look at the world weather forecast. heavy snow in eastern europe has claimed the lives of dozens of people and caused major disruptions in traffic and power supply. meteorologist sayaka mori gives us the details. >> hi there. the eastern part of europe has been hit by a severe cold snap. ukrainian oicials say 37 people have died from the severe cold spell. more than 150 people remain in hospital with frostbite 37 temperatures have dropped as low as 20 degrees in western parts of ukraine. snowstorms trapped hundreds of cars in a gigantic traffic jam on one of the major highways. the army came to help with tanks to clear snow and tow trapped vehicles. snow has

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was bubble wrap i would put my fragile package inside him. and gavin mcguinness. and she quite energetic, but writing pathetic. good to see you, pinch. >> today in dining jolly right for the market thanks to the affects of global warming. you see pigs hunt truffles, greg. >> i had no idea. >> and they have curly tails. >> i wouldn't call frank rich a pig. >> how dare you? >> how dare you? >> he lost weight. good for him on this holiday season. >>> should they stay defiant or be more pliant? i speak of the republican party. i speak of a new poll. for the first time the majority of americans say the gop or gop for short is too extreme saying their policies are outside the mainstream. back in 2010, an actual year, only 40% felt that way. the poll also found that most people consider democrats, quote, generally mainstream, end quote. said the polling director of the perception of republicans that is due in part to the fact that the republican brand is not doing all that well. surprise, surprise. meanwhile 76% of americans believe this possum is the right amount of extreme. sherrod, what is t

and gavin mcguinness. wow. time to go back to tv's andy levy for the post game wrap up. >> hey. >> hey. >> what's up? >> not much. what does reason tv have planned? >> we put out a great video about libertarian christmas movies there are some. >> like what? >>- q. i there is the five-second scene in "it is a wonderful life"

and guinness. don't drink them all together. a master brand and growth all over the world and a solid 2.8% yield. everything is going diageo's way and their interim financial statement, 5% growth. i say you can stick with diageo. here's the bottom line. looking back at our anointed stocks for the fourth quarter, ulta salon, gilead and diageo, they still got it, okay. tractor supply and alexia, slammed at these levels, i think they could be more attractive. although i think home depot and celgen probably outperform these two i would keep all five on your shopping list in case we get a fiscal cliff deal or we go over the deadline and get a huge fiscal cliff-induced selloff. i thinks these stocks bounce hard, and smoke first, when the smoke clears from the cliff jump. let's go to logan in texas. >> caller: my question is, there's been a lot of talk about 3-d printers and 3-d systems and stratus, and i'm curious what you think of the industry, and stratus has had a merger today, and they had a big selloff. what do you see specifically with their future. >> ted, my research assistant and i h

to be already on the books for february. >> well if it seems like guinness will confirm world record for just about anything you opinion correct about that. the group has just anointed musician for playing the col coldest gig on earth. >> welcome to my gig. >>reporter: public hard to make the finger move on the guys nar that cold. simpson lead singer from fight star. he played in small town in siberia it's the coldest permanently inhabited place on the planet. well concert took 15 minutes. minimum length of time needed to set the record was concerned that the guitar might disintegrate because of the flew just would not be able to withstand the cold. fortunately it and simpson were freezing but were fine. >> it is a few hundred males south of the ark particular circle where he played and recorded temperatures as leas minus 96.16 degrees fahrenheit. that's tl cold. >> well more to come tonight on 7 news at 9:00. fight for nudity in san francisco gets nasty. as one advocate tries to snap bath ramp photo of an opponent. find out what authorities say about that. >> they call it frank fish.

until he gave me my courter back. it is gavin mcguinness. and he is the paper you dismyself because of his -- despise because of his lies. good to see you, pinch. >> you are tolerant, mr. pinch. ♪ you're a citizen of the world ♪ ♪ you find righties ♪ too aggressive ♪ and spiting stories more aggressive ♪ ♪ happy hanukkah ♪ and winter solstice everybody ♪ am i forgetting any holidays? happy war on christmas, suckers. >> wow, that was beautiful. >> tis the season. >> yes, tis the season. to kill you. >> it has really gone downhill this past week. dut psy want us to die? the pop sensation behind "gangnam style" from most viewed to getting bed for his anti- american past. years ago he said nasty things about our troops. in 2004 a year, after a korean missionary was beheaded, the putrid pop star joined others in a live performance in a song called "dear american" that features psy raping these lyrics and i will bleep myself. kill those f-ing yankees torturing captives. kill those f-ing yank keys. kill their daughters and mothers and fatherss in laws and fathers. kill th

. and if fierce commentary was tai chi i would do him on a mat in the park. it is the groar of gavin mcguinness. it is miles mcginnis. and our new york correspondent, pinch. >> i can tell i will get along with him. today at 5:38 written by our own nate silver, you remember him. he is like dick more rirks but active it. -- dick morris, but active. accurate. in other news, the new york times formerly endorses hillary clinton for president. vice president to be named later. ♪ all the news that's fit to print ♪ >> that was sophisticated. >> the north pole for gun control. more americans think santa is a democrat. and 40% believe the jolly man is a member of the left. versus 28% who think st. nick tilts more toward tricky dick. many think mitt romney belong on the nice list than think more than our kenyan-born president. and 50% believe there is an actual war on christmas, while four in 10 americans, that's 40%, miles, do not. and finally 100% of those surveyed agree orangutans are always high. >> keep doing it, keep doing it, keep doing it. >> security! >> he is trying to fix my mic. that's why

was at the funeral to a big bang. of these pieces and everybody walked away with a little piece of him. gavin mcguinness who mcginest was on my show a lot, i joke what would write part due in the situation and he had a shirt made. when you get in if a fight with the liberal liberals are just -- and it always works. you can't replace him but a lot of people together are i think. [applause] >> i was just wondering, you are one of the few conservative voices who does really well at -- and i was wondering if you have an opinion on why that is and if we can get better at humor and speaking the truth in that way? >> some of the funniest people i know or most of the funniest people i know are conservatives but they are doing other things. they are involved in business. it never occurred to them to be funny. do you know what they mean? it's a weird thing because most of the comedians when i do redeye are not liberal. there are a lot more out there than you think. they don't want to get screwed and that is the reality, a lot of people don't like to say what they feel. the most successful comedians always are gro

record. he said, it's so much easier to create your own guinness world record than to break someone else's. his whole thing was foot, bus, taxi, train, canoe. no planes, helicopters, and no hot air balloons. >> it certainly would have been easier. >> he went to south sudan, the newest country on earth. >> how long is it taking him? >> around four years. 1,426 days. >> wow. >> so he's ending now and will be home hopefully for christmas. >> i'm just curious how he's paying for all this. this can get expensive, even without the airline tickets. >> exactly. he's doing it in association with a charity in britain called water aid. that's the one part of the funding. he also says he's doing it for less than $100 a week. water aid is fascinating. they really highlight the issue of what happens with contaminated water. something like 11% of the world doesn't have sanitized water. 700,000 children a year die of disease related to unsanitary water. in conjunction with water aid it's part of his sponsorship. >> he's really raising awareness. >> absolutely. >> that's great. was there any surprise? i

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lincoln" at fifth. a new edition of the guinness world records, 2013, this is sixth. at seventh, the lego company presents an encyclopedia of their toy characters. at number eight, missionary sarah young writes a journal from god's point of view in "jesus calling," followed by mark owen's no ease she day, a detailed, firsthand account of the mission to kill osama bin laden. then at tenth, j.j. virgin describes her way to lose seven pounds in seven days with her book, "the virgin diet." for more and to browse other lists, go to wsj.com. >> it all started off, i was a typical high school student. 17 years old, and i was walking through my lunchroom, and, you know, i knew everything back then. [laughter] and i was walking through, and a marine recruiter was sitting in the black corner, and he had his dress blues on. i'm telling you, this guy looked like he could have been the president of the united states. i started asking him a lot of smart aleck questions, you know, what's this for? how'd you get that? oh, well, i can hit a deer at 100 yards, not impressing him at all. so he took it for a

a guinness and sends an asked about that myself and myself and i said sure. i figured this script would be very much at some point homer would say not even neil gaiman could come up with something like this and you cut to be going you're right, i couldn't. december the script and i was in here to read stuff. i'm still in here, still doing stuff. but i'm getting towards the end i haven't done anything in a few pages. i'm the baddie. it was brilliant. my delighted foul at the end that i cannot read and write is one of my favorite moments in all television. the ec, this is ambiguous because it might be a doctor who questioned that it might not. when you write, are you like a 9-year-old in the bedroom? [laughter] yes. mostly that's what it feels like actually. i know these parts had to go to get there somehow. it seemed so simple when i took it apart. everything i took apart as a 9-year-old. each have something like an old television and take it apart or put it back together again like it says in these books that says a thousand interesting things a boy should know and then i will know how

to this day of the longest one man filibuster. and again his work pashtun and the guinness book of world records, 24 hours and 18 minutes he spoke against the 1957 civil rights bill. we remember strom thurmond today as one of the last of the jim crow demagogues. and he was. he was that. he was one of the last jim crow demagogue. what we forget about thurmond is that he was also one of the first of the sun belt conservatives. what do i mean by that? what's a sun belt conservative? the sun belt, it's one of the big stories, one of the major stories in the history of 20th century american politics. and that is the flow of jobs, of industry, of resources and population from the states of the northeast and the midwest to the south and the southwest in the post-world war ii period. the southern states were recruiting industries. they were passing right-to-work laws. they were receiving lots of funding from the federal government to build military installations at a time when the united states was involved in the cold war against the soviet union. so states like mississippi, states like georgia

one. >>> this next story is pretty amazing. according to guinness world records, a dog in arizona is the world's tallest female dog. that would be bella a great dane that stands over 3 feet tall on all fours. she weighs 170 pounds, big dog. to measure bella her owners had to get a special measuring stick. they were inspired to put her in the running after seeing a former winner giant george. >> how would you like to feed her every morning? >> eight cans of food, kibble and back to the store. >> there you go. thanks for watching. have a great morning. >> beautiful day. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >>> good morning to our viewers in the west, it is friday, december 28th, 2012. welcome to "cbs this morning." president obama and congressional leaders meet later today trying to hammer out a deal on the fiscal cliff. we'll ask republican senator bob corker if a deal is likely, and tell you how no deal could significantly impact everything from the price of milk to the price of gas. >> we also look back at the life and legacy of general norman schwarzkopf an

, so cute. >> tough it up a little bit. >>> according to guinness world records a dog in arizona is the world's tallest female dog. >> that's bella a great dane that stands over 3 feet tall on all fours and weighs 170 pounds. to measure her, her owners had to get a special measuring stick. >>> you measure them from the front legs from the ground up to the top of the shoulder. she has to be measured three different distinct times in three different positions and has to be at least three witnesses. >> the owners were inspired to put bella in the running for the title after seeing the former recordholder giant george. can you imagine having that running through your hallways every night? >> no. the dog is almost as tall as me. >> 170 pounds. like having a child, a horse! >>> 5:56. next half hour coming up oakland calls in some reinforcements. the tough cop that was hired as a consultant coming up. >> plus, wolfie the pomeranian held for ransom. how a bizarre dognapping ended happily for a frantic owner. >> and it's a centennial celebration. muni is celebrating 100 years here in san

who is leading the expedition. he is kind of an amazing guy. the guinness book of world records calls him the world's greatest living explorer. he's a member of the british aristocracy. the third baronette of bamberry. you can look him up in your copy of dembridge's piritch. we looked him up in our copy. he's a member of the british aristocracy. the third baronette of bamberry. you can look him up in your copy of dembridge's piritch. we looked him up in our copy. his full name. sir ranulph twisleton-wykehan- fiennes. he was once considered to play the role of james bond before roger moore. he ran seven marathons over seven days in six continents only missing antarctica because of bad weather. of course he'd already crossed antarctica by foot when he missed it that time. he has survived a literal heart attack on the slope of mount everest. and he once had such a bad case of frostbite he amputated the ends of his own fingers with a microsaw. that is the rather bad-ass dude who is setting out to make what he is dubbing the coldest journey. now, mr. twisleton-wykeham- fiennes. that is an

and innocent photos. she is on a tour of a guinness factory and she lost her job as a teacher. you think that your 18-year-old or 21 or older child or grandchild can just take down a facebook page when they go job hunting, there is a company, social intelligence inc., which saves the last seven years of facebook pages. so then it becomes available to their employer when they are 22 years old. that, we have heard about. when i started doing research, i had no idea there was this whole other aspect, which was that what you do on the web is followed by data miners. i am a writer. i love dictionary.com. i've written books, but it puts 200 tracking mechanisms on your computer to follow where you go. google makes $36 billion a year, 90% of its income, from selling information. what does that mean? me that i look of a medical condition that health insurers can get that information and use it to discriminate. even the advertisements aren't innocent. when young people say they are going to commit suicide on the web, advertisements actually top of that they dial this number and get medications at

means, our nation's fiscal health, brian mcguinness is president of the committee for responsible federal budget and head of the fix the debt campaign. and i know this has to just be driving you crazy to be listening to some of these conversations that we have been having this morning. so how disappointing is it to you to hear about a possible small deal that keeps taxes from going up, which is a good thing for all americans maybe next week, but what does that do for this country's long-term financial health? >> that's exactly right. i mean, the real opportunity here was to use this action-forcing moment of not going off the fiscal cliff, which we shouldn't, to replace it with a sensible debt deal which would actually tackle head on the huge fiscal challenges facing the country that we've known about for years and there's been a political unwillingness to confront. and now it looks like what we're going to have is perhaps a small deal that averts the large part of the cliff but doesn't really do anything to fix this problem. and it's just so discouraging. i mean, we've seen the st

, scotty mccreery. 19 years old. "american idol" win. number one albums, check. he is a guinness book world record holder. check. and he's here to perform a tune off a new album, "christmas with scotty mccreery." but first, let's check up with him. i read, you played the baby jesus at a church musical as a newborn. >> that was my debut. >> you've been prepping for this for your whole life. >> you better believe it, brother. >> you're in college. monday and wednesdays. >> i play at north carolina state university. but i'm there. and thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, we normally hit the road. i'm here with these lunatics here. >> we appreciate the lunatics coming in to play this morning. >> they're great. >> "american idol" obviously impacted your life. we see a lot of the national talent shows popping up now. so many people look at that as a way into the business. so many millions want to be you. so, what do you say to them right now? >> if i can do it, anybody can do it. lord have mercy. there's so many different ways to get in now. and tv's a way. the traditional way. no matter how it is

too. >> i would go with a glass of wine. >> some are beer drinkers, guinness, 120 calories per bottle. one of the healthiest beers in the world. >> i wouldn't have guess the. it's so thick. >> that's it. >> i read my notes. >> that's how you knew that. she knows her wine. >> drink responsibly. >> of course. happy new year. >> happy new year to you. >> thank you for the advice. that's going to do it for us a special two-hour fox report is harris faulkner is next. have a great, happy holiday. bye-bye. ♪ [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you don't back down from a challenge. this is the age of knowing how to make things happen. sowhy let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. sto

. there has also be three witnesses. the owners' stated that he wanted to call the guinness book of world records. take a look at this i am barbara hall. >> the time is now 7:57 a.m.. we will be right back. >> welcome back good morning thank you for watching kron 4 news weekend. a few stores we are watching this morning. things are heating up in washington with just three days until we go off the " so-called " fiscal cliff. and two are dead this morning after falling off of their boats in the ocean. >> we are taking a live look outside and walnut creek. we do have cloudy conditions outside. we are expecting these to taper off pretty soon. it will be 50s across the board for the afternoon. we are taking a look as storm tracker 4 the green indicates where we are now seeing showers for the south bay. when we mold to 9:00 a.m. we would not see any more green on the screen. we are expecting dry conditions by about mid morning. >> when we arrived to the evening it will further clear. it will be a pretty chilly night as the current temperatures are sitting at about 42 degrees for santa rosa. it

, insists that all that brawn is natural, no steroids. no believe you. >> uh-uh. >> guinness world record has not decided whether to recognize him or not. judging from the sounds from the peanut gallery, erica is a little bit skeptical. >> i'm going to ask your professional opinion on this. very seriously, you're a trainer. there is no way that that is humanly possible. >> i have never seen that without implants, without steroids. >> thank you. >> what is that? >> just looking at that is really disturbing. it's totally disturbing. and it does look like they were almost surgically implanted in his arm. i'm not saying they were. >> and it is size of my waist. i want to put a belt around it or something. >> lester's like i could put some suspenders. a pocket square here. >>> let's move on. this is a young basketball fan who grows up awfully quickly awfully fast. he's got court side seats at a wizards game. watch carefully. a cheerleader came by with some candy. did you see the eye candy? he was like holy wow, oh my gawker. the video and his priceless expression when he sees for the first tim

was the world's oldest person. this is according to the record keepers at guinness. cooper was born in 1896. she was a schoolteacher, an avid gardener, and folks think, you know, it's downhill after middle age. cooper's 77-year-old son recently said that his mom's best years came in her 80s. good for her. >>> one of the most populous countries in the world is in big trouble with the international olympic committee. we are talking about india. suspended from anything olympics. no funding, no voting, and if something doesn't change, india more than a billion people not allowed to send athletes to the olympic games. cnn's sumina udas has details. >> reporter: in an embarrassing setback for india, an organization in charge of its olympic athletes, the international olympic committee has suspended india's olympic association. the ioc said it was compelled to do so because of the indian branch's failure to comply with the olympic charter and has a protective measure against government's interference in the ioa's election pros. in spite of the protection, the indian olympic association went ahead with

. .. guinness back. >> lowe's the supplemental relief bill with the necessary mitigation funding to prevent the massive damages for the next dorm? or we will roll the dice get away with the market price now to see the tab skyrocket. that would be silly. we know the public infrastructure would be automatically eligible it it would be crazy not to protect this. i a ask that the entire stephen be put on the record. also from west virginia as well. >> without objection we have been joined by a the vice chair of our committee and he will give a short opening statements. >> thank you mad them chairman. >> my apologies. i wanted to be here out of respect to my a colleagues to help present the case for funding of the resources that we've underwent during this storm. even if there are only a few couple hundred homes to them that this as far as their lives are concerned. not only are the seashore's in the interval part of that economic opportunity but to those who owned the second homes move there now it is the first home. there is no asset to more valuable than the home that they own. madame chairwo

on the shoulder. it attracted a lot of attention and it is still slow. guinness of exercise if you plan on using that stretches morning. 680 will be a tough commute as you head southbound coming out of walnut creek. a fender bender on the band hillside near sycamore valley is out of the way but the damage is done. traffic is growing less than 25 mi. an hour from walnut creek to highway 24. also your traveling on wet roads because of the rain. give yourself plenty of time before you head out the door. will check on traffic coming up in just a bit. >> also extremely high tides around the bay area right now. king tides is what they're called and jackie sissel is live in pacifica. >> we are actually about a half-hour away from the high tide today. some of the highest tides of the entire year. king tides for the next three days. around 945 this morning we expect to see a 7.0 tide. tomorrow even bigger was 7.1. normally a tide is somewhere between four and six. we will see those tides about a foot more. it means anyone living along those low-lying coastal areas out here on pacifica pier will see those

. guinness book of world records says it is a man from japan said to be the oldest person in the world. 15 days younger than dina was. >> bill: there you go, ellen ratner. you got a long way to go. >> oh, please. you know something senator inouye died yesterday. and his last words were reportedly aloha. >> bill: what a great guy. a real american patriot. >> amazing. >> bill: medal of honor winner too. tell us about goats for the old goat is to do what where? >> first of all how do we get there? we took a trip through talker's magazine in march of 2008. so it will be almost five years ago. we took two talk show hosts. we took rusty humphries and tom hartman and joe madison who had been there before me actually and they're very involved. and we, of course, invite you to come. sleep in a tent, no running water, no electricity, we would love to have you. >> bill: i wonder why i couldn't make that trip. >> i go every 12 weeks. i got bitten by the sudan bug. i was very moved by the fact that these people were in sla

is jean. let me give you my three economic indicators. >> okay. >> guinness, harp and bass don't count. >> i said three. those are four and five. the top three are, one, if you can find a space, parking space in a shopping mall. >> easy to do these days. >> two, grocery store lines. check out what kind of food people are buy. if they're buying high-end items in the grocery line. and three, lottery tickets and people ahead of you are buying lottery tickets, if they're buying a lot of $2 tickets it means we're in a funk. >> we're in a funk. the folks at bank rate did a survey and about a third say they're spending less because of the cliff. it's the same reason that we saw the fall in consumer confidence numbers so significantly yesterday. >> can you make a counterargument that not spending a whole lot money right now because of a lack of confidence or trepidation about what might happen in washington and saving that money, that might be a good thing? saving is not a bad thing. >> save sging is a great thing. the fact consumers are paying down the credit card debt, you get no arguments f

. her son says she died peacefully yesterday. in an interview on the guinness world records website, she said her secrets to a long life were minding her own business and avoiding junk food. she's survived by four children, 11 grand children, 13 great grand children and 2 great grand children and bessie, thank you for being part of that movement. >> she looks great in that photo as well. >> 37 minutes past the hour. with republicans and democrats now battling each other over the fiscal cliff, there may be one person who can unify washington. it's a shame he doesn't work on capitol hill, at least not yet. >>> earth as we've never seen it before. fascinating images from outer space, all in the same place. we'll have the photos for you in about ten minutes. pizza!!!!! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! helium delivery. put it on my spark card! [ pop! ] [ garth ] why settle for less? great businesses deserve the most rewards! awesome!!! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or doub

at heathrow airport. barnicle can fly back and forth on london to get a new castle or a guinness or whatever his choice is. and i'm going to leave you with this. it is the 20th birthday of the text message. on this date 20 years ago, it was created. and now university students send an average of 3,200 text messages per month rof, lol, omg. >> brian, quickly, back to the virgin atlantic/delta story, if that goes through, any estimate on the amount of bags that the combined airlines could lose coming together? >> reporter: you know, i tell you what, singapore air now owns 49% of virgin atlantic and they're probably the best airline in the world. so i guarantee you whatever that number is, it will be higher. >> all right, brian sullivan, thank you very much. looking ahead to tomorrow, arianna huffington will be here and medal of honor recipient sal giunta. with the fidelity stock screener, you can try strategies from independent experts and see what criteria they use. such as a 5% yield on dividend-paying stocks. then you can customize the strategies and narrow down to exactly those stocks you

believe we ought to exsport. >> ileave mince pie and guinness for santa. >> that's why he forgot to wrap the presents. >> and in venezuela, they skate to church. >> roller skate. >> they move to the rollerblades or have the double wheels. >> there is no speed limit there. you can pass all you want. >> any odd traditions to do? >> i think in a lot of places in america we have adopted the tradition from different cultures. my favorite thing on december 7th. feast of somebody help me out here. put your shoes out and you wake up in the morning and you have candy in your shoes . in holland that is wooden shoes . >> how about you. any crazy tradition . >> no, we go to church on christmas eve . open one present. >> i know some families that have birthday cake for jesus and other families instead of lot of gives they do three because the wise men had three. >> gretchen said she is swedish and they open all of the presents on chris has eve. >> what a bummer on christmas morning. >> it might be good for the kids. they might be able to save it for the next day. >> a lot of my friends say they get s

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